Enlightenment+Test+Preparation+7th+Period

Welcome to the Practice Test for Ms. Shubert's Seventh Period Honors ELA class!!!

Read the directions in your mail first!!!

Post one question and the resources that are helpful in answering that question. Number it!!!

For example:

1. What is the date for the Enlightenment?? 2. What is the line in the Declaration of Independence that Thomas Jefferson took and revised only slightly? Who wrote it?

1) Explain how John Locke described Man's ownership in the world, and what this idea became known as. [|Resources]

3. What were the main ideas during the Enlightenment? [|http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PREPHIL.HTM]

4. What are some reasons for the Stagnation in American literature during the 1700's? http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/lit2.htm

5. What was the simile that was used in the "What is an American" reading and what does it stand for?

6. What time period did the Enlightenment occur and why is it often called the "Age of Reason?" http://www.whitworth.edu/academic/Department/Core/Classes/CO250/Intro/d_ageof.htm

7. What was so significant about the seven year war between England and France? How did this affect the colonies? [|http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/AMERICA/ENLIGHT.HTM]

8. Why was 'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine wrriten? http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/

9. What was the difference between a philosophe and a philosopher? What were the main ideas and beliefs of each? [|http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PHIL.HTM] http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture9a.html [|http://www.dartmouth.edu/~phil/whatis/gert.html] http://www.virtualclassroom.net/tvc/enlph/index.htm

10. What were the four sections of the Declaration of Independence? http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm

11.Why in the Declaration of Independence is there no references to God, Jesus or Christianity?

http://www.theocracywatch.org/separation_church_state2.htm

12. What are the Benjamin Franklin’s 13 virtues? What does each one mean? Why did Benjamin Franklin write the 13 virtues? http://www.schoolforchampions.com/character/franklin_virtues.htm http://www.ftrain.com/franklin_improving_self.html http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_wit_self.html (Reasons)

13). How were European countries effected by the political aspect of the Enlightenment period? (Hint: hereditary secession) http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/15/FC100 14. What idea did Benjamin Franklin feel could destroy tyranny and how did this idea affect people during the Enlightenment as well as today? (Hint: p.4 of “Citizen Ben's Great Virtues”)

[|www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,461784,00.html]

[|www.pbs.org/benfranklin/12wit.html]

15. *Extra Credit*-When was Common Sense written, and where was it written? http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/

16. Why did France have such a large influence on America’s leaders during the enlightenment, and what did America do to include these influences? [|http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/enlightenment.html] http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-40382/France http://www.history1700s.com/articles/article1042.shtml

17. Why would the ideas/beliefs of John Locke and other enlightenment thinkers lead them to question the validity of religion? (Enlightenment handout)

18. What were the major changes in Europe during the enlightenment? (Ex. Politically, socially, economically, and religiously)

- http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=22892
 * the best source is the handout given by Mrs. Shubert in class

19.What is Deism, and how did it play out in the Enlightenment? (Enlightenment handout-given by Ms. Shubert) http://www.deism.com/deism_defined.htm ^^^^this is a really good page to visit if you want a thorough understanding of Deism.

20. How did Thomas Paine’s //Common Sense// influence American colonists when it came to the decision of whether or not to go war with Britain? (Read Common Sense)

21. Name and summarize the main points in the reading "English Enlightment". http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture9a.html

22. How did John Locke impact the Enlightenment? [|http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/locke/locke.htm]

23.What are all of Franklin’s contributions to America as it was forming as a nation and his influence on the country today? www.**franklin**.com/

24.Compare and contrast Paine and Locke’s enlightenment ideas. Everything you need to know can be found in your notes and the Thomas Paine "Common Sense" reading

25. What is a philosophe?explain their englightenment ideas? http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture9a.html